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Another way to do it, if you want to get fancy
-copy the object and put it on a lower layer or select (move under)
-change the tint to black
-select expand fill edges, and select the desired description (you might want to screw around with this to get the right affect)
-set the offset of xy coordinates to the direction you want to the shadow to be going
-now fine tune, mess with alpha and effects like that
good luck